EARTH SCIENCE: Grade 11 LAS No.

5 1st Semester - FINALS Date:____________ Teacher: _____________

Name: __________________________________________ CN: _____ Grade & Strand: ____________________

THE EARTH’S PAST

OBJECTIVES:

1. MELC: Describes how layers of rocks (stratified rocks) are formed.

2. Content: History of the earth and Rock Layers
3. Formation Standard: Promotes harmonious relationship based on mutual trust and respect. (Solidarity)

REFERENCES:
 Religioso, Teresita F. (2017). You and the Natural World Earth Science. Philippines: Phoenix Publishing House.
pp. 22-27.

 Olivar II, Jose Tolentino. (2016). Exploring Life through Science Series Senior High School Earth
Science Philippines, Phoenix Publishing House. pp. 172-174.

KEY CONCEPTS:

1. Planetary differentiation caused the interior of earth to separate into several distinct layers.

2. Earth’s history is reconstructed from the study of Petrology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology.

3. Stratification is the general term for layering in the sedimentary rock.

4. A fossil is the remnant of any animal or plant that has been preserved in rock.

5. The age of the fossil and Earth are studied simultaneously.

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LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

A. MODIFIED TRUE or FALSE. Write True if the statement is correct and if it is False change the underline
word/s to make the statement correct. Write your answer on the space provided. (10 points)

_______________ 1. The succession of layers or beds in sedimentary sequence represents the successive time intervals
in the earth’s history – the top layer being the oldest and the topmost representing the youngest
time interval.

_______________ 2. Our planet earth is consists of the metallic core, the rocky mantle, and the thin crust.

Petrology is the study of rock layers and layering.

_______________ 3.
Absolute dating is any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years.
_______________ 4.
Radioactive decay is the remnant of any ancient animal or plant that has been preserved in rock.

_______________ 5. Sedimentary rocks are useful in relative dating because these rocks are formed from fragments
of the same types of rocks.

_______________ 6. In the Principle of cross-cutting relationship rocks or rock fragments are included within another
rock layer, the rock fragments must be older than the rock layer they were embedded therefore
anytime period can be recognized by its fossil content.
_______________ 7.
Radiometric dating is used in determining the ages of fossils, early man and mineral
deposit, recurrence rates of volcanic eruption, etc.

To determine the geologic time scale, correlation must be undertaken on rocks in different
regions.
_______________ 8.
Geologic time scale is used by scientist to describe the timing and relationship between past
events in Earth’s history.
_______________ 9.

_______________ 10.

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B. Compare and contrast angular conformity, disconformity, and non-conformity in rocks by sequencing
the steps in their formation. (6 points)

Type Unconformities
How it Forms
A. Angular unconformity 1.

2.

B. Disconformity 1.

2.

C. Non conformity 1.

2.

C. You found a fossil shell in a layer of rock. It appears to be a clam. What type of rock must the rock layer be? What
type of environment would the animal have lived in? (4 points)

SYNTHESIS/ REFLECTION

Why are layers of rocks related with each other?

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